Game apparatus.



' W. H. OORNFORD.

GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION. FILED Nov. 12,1901.

932,846, I Patented Aug. 31, 1909.

WM Ma A frown 25- UNITED STATES PATENT oEEroE.

WILLIAM HENRY CORNFORD, OF MORNINGTON, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.

GAME APPARATUS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM HENRY CoRNroRD, a citizen of the King ofGreat Britain and Ireland, and resident of Tuerong, No. 1 Three-Chainroad, Mornington, State of Victoria, Commonwealth of Australia,gentleman, have invented a certain new and useful Game Apparatus, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention consists in the construction and arrangement of partsconstituting a new game apparatus.

A board or table is provided upon which are placed miniature forts, men,castles and objects to be used as hereinafter described. For convenienceof reference the word board is employed throughout the specification todesignate any suitable space, made or prepared, fixed or portable, ofwood or other material. The board may be of oblong, square or othershape or an ordinary table may be used. The miniature forts or objectsto represent forts, men, flags and appurtenances are made of card orpaper or other substance. These may be of various shapes, preferably ofbent or curved pieces of sheet material the bending into angles orcurves causing them when extended to stand upright on their edges uponthe board and allowing them to be packed away in a box after the game isfinished. The flags may be made of paper or other material and mountedupon uprights supported upon cork or weighted or other bases so thatthey may be placed where desired on the board.

In conjunction with the foregoing there are provided toy shooters fittedwith spring mechanism whereby they are adapted to proj ect peas, shotsor pellets through ports from each of the four corners of the boardagainst the forts, men and flags.

In order that my invention may be better Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed November 12, 1907.

Patented Aug. 31, 1909.

Serial No. 401,798.

understood I will now proceed to describe .the same in relation to theaccompanying drawing hereto annexed, reference being had to the letters.

The drawing is a perspective view of the improvement.

In the drawing A represents the board or table upon which the game isplayed. The forts are marked B and flags C. They may be of varioussizes, shapes, styles, and colors, and designed and marked as desired.

The game is intended to be played by two or four players each having atoy shooter, which is used to shoot through the port the fenceprotecting the players eyes from pea shots which are coming from theother side.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is A game apparatus, comprising a table, abarricade arranged at each corner of the table, and diagonally thereof,said barricade consisting of sheet material provided at each end with anupright, the lower ends of the uprights being bent to form a clamp forengaging the table top, a set screw in connection with the clamp forsecuring it in position, each of said sheets being provided with a portat approximately the center thereof, a toy shooter behind the barricadeand projecting through the port toward the center of the table, and aplurality of objects arranged on the table intermediate the barricadesfor the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this first day of OctoberA. I). 1907 in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM HENRY CORNFORD.

WVit-nesses CHARLES NICHOLAS CoLLIsoN, DAISY HELENA WILLIAMS.

